Nigel Frieda
Nigel Frieda | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nigel Quentin Frieda August 1952 (age 72) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, property owner |
| Known for | Sugababes The Rolling Stones |
| Spouse(s) | Leonie Frieda (divorced 1997) ? (died before 2008) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | John Frieda (brother) |
Nigel Quentin Frieda (born August 1952) is a British record producer, and owner of the 380 acres (1.5 km2) Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex.
Early life
[edit]Nigel Quentin Frieda was born in August 1952,[1] the son of Isidore Frieda, a Jewish hairdresser, salon and property owner, and an Irish Catholic mother.[2][3] His elder brother is the hairdresser John Frieda.[4]
Career
[edit]Frieda founded/launched the pop group the Sugababes.[3] He runs London's Matrix Studio and has also produced The Rolling Stones.[5]
He is the owner of the 380 acres (1.5 km2) Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex, England,[6] most of which he bought in 2000 for £6 million.[5] He acquired the rest of the island after 2012.
Personal life
[edit]Frieda married the future biographer Leonie Frieda, the daughter of Swedish aristocrats, when she was 30 (her second marriage), and they had two children, Elizabeth and Jake, both now adults.[4] They divorced in 1997.[4] His second wife died from suicide.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "OSEA ISLAND LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "John Frieda: When I was five I was in hospital for a year. The pain was extreme | Life & Style". Thisislondon.co.uk. 22 June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ a b W. Rubinstein; Michael A. Jolles (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d Richard Godwin (23 November 2012). "Leonie Frieda: I should have died from the overdose that put me in a coma but it wasn't my time to go | London Life | Lifestyle | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b Jo Fernandez (4 December 2013). "Manor Beach Cottage, Osea Island - hotel review | Travel | Lifestyle | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Jamie Grierson. "Scottish seaplane firm launches London-Essex route | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2016.